Governor Schweitzer Asks for Waiver to Allow Drug Imports from Canada

March 11, 2010
By Sarah Elliott/Jason O'Neill

(HELENA) – Governor Brian Schweitzer today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for a Medicaid waiver to allow prescription drugs into Montana from Canada for Montanans on Medicaid, Healthy Montana Kids, the state health plan and those covered in our correctional system.

“The cost of prescription drugs has gone way up in the past decade. This is a way for the state to save money on the cost of prescription drugs,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer. “No one should be forced to make decisions about whether or not to buy medicine,” said Governor Schweitzer. Read more

 

 

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